Care or control? : foster care for young people on remand
Lipscombe, Jo2006
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Focusing on a remand fostering scheme in the south of England, this study is based on detailed interviews with young people who have been remanded to foster care. These narratives are supplemented by the perspectives of remand foster carers and lay youth court magistrates. Offending by children is a politically contentious issue attracting considerable public concern and controversy. This important new study challenges negative attitudes towards young people who have been charged with committing an offence, as well as the impact of these attitudes on criminal justice policy. It considers the processes by which young people become involved in offending behaviour, how this behaviour can be exacerbated by the penal system and how community interventions such as remand foster care can have a positive impact on behaviour and self-esteem.
Main title:
Care or control? : foster care for young people on remand / by Jo Lipscombe.
Imprint:
London : BAAF, 2006.
Collation:
260 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781905664061 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.7330869230941
Language:
English
BRN:
912927
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